Wagon-scale.



PATENTED JULY 23, 1907.

J. F. HINGK & J. L. LARSEN.

WAGON SGALE.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oFEIoE.

JESS F. HlNCK AND JAMES L. LARSEN, OF WARWICK, NORTH DAKOTA, ASSIGNORSOF ONE- THIRD TO OLUF WM. LARSEN, OF LAKOTA, NORTH DAKOTA.

WAGON-SCALE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 23, 1907.

Application filed. March 11, 1907. Serial No. 361,755.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JEss F. HINeK and JAMEs L. LARSEN, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Warwick, in the county of Benson and State ofNorth Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWagon-Scales, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawing.

Our invention relates to improvements in wagon scales and moreparticularly one which may be used upon an ordinary farm wagon andreadily applied to and removed from the same.

The object of the invention is to provide a scale attachment of thischaracter which will be simple, strong, durable and comparativelyinexpensive in construe tion, which may be readily applied to a wagon ofordinary construction, and which may be quickly and easily set up foruse and as readily disconnected when no longer needed.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of devices hereinafterdescribed and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying draw ings, inwhich Figure 1 is a side elevation of a wagon body, showing theapplication of our invention thereto; Fig. 2 is a top plan view; Fig. 3is a perspective view of the transverse lever; Fig. l is a verticalcross section taken on the plane indicated by the line 4 l in Fig. 2;Fig. 5 is l and it is prevented from sliding endwise thereonbytransverse cleats or bars 6 secured upon the bottom of the box andadapted for engagement with the side faces of the bolsters.

Our improved scale attachment comprises two longitudinally extendingwagon box supporting levers 7 each of which is preferably in the form ofa metal bar bent at its center into substantially semi-circular form, asshown at 8, and having its diverging ends or arms provided with straightparallel portions 9 and with inwardly extending, right angularly bentpivots 10 mounted in bearings 11 upon one of the bolsters 4. Thebearings 11 are here shown in the form of staples driven into the topsof said bolsters but it will be understood that they may be of anysuitable construc- 'take over the side of the wagon box.

tion. The levers 7 extend inwardly in opposite directions beneath thebox 2 and upon the straight parallel portions 9, which latter arearranged beyond the sides of said box, as seen in Fig. 2, are providedtransverse fulcrum pins 12 which engage fulcrum blocks 13 arranged upona transverse rod or bar 14 suitably secured to one of the cross bars orcleats (3 on the bottom of the box 2. It will be noted upon reference toFig. 6 that when the inner ends of the levers 7 are swung downwardly,the bottom of the box 2 rests upon the tops of the bolsters and thatwhen said ends of the levers are elevated, they will lift the cross bars14 and hence raise the box 2 off of the bolsters.

The parts of the invention above described are adapted to remainpermanently in position upon the wagon when once applied thereto andthey are used in connection with the parts that we will now glescribe,which parts are,only placed in position upon the wagon box when it isdesired to weigh its contents. The inner ends of the levers 7 areadapted to rest upon a transverse fulcrum pin 15 arranged in the centerof a transverse lever 16 which is clearly shown in Fig. 3. This leverhas at one of its ends a transverse fulcrum pin 17 mounted in bearingsin the bifurcated lower end 18 of a hanger or support 19 which isadapted to be removably engaged with the upper edge of one side of thebox 2 or with any other suitable support upon the latter. As shown, thishanger 9 has its upper end bent inwardly to form a hook 20 which takesover the side of the wagon box. Upon the opposite end of the transverselever 16 is a transverse pivot pin 21 engaged with eyes upon the lowerend of a yoke 22 which has at its upper end an eye 23 adapted to receivea hook 24 upon one end of a chain or other flexible element 25. Theopposite or upper end of the chain 25 is connected to a graduated scalebeam 26 fulcrumed at 27 in a hanger or support 28 adapted to beremovably engaged with the opposite side of the wagon box, as shown, orin any other suitable manner. This support 28 is here shown in the formof a plate having at its upper edge inwardly extending hooks 29 whichThe scale beam 6 is of ordinary form and carries a sliding weight 30 anda removable weight supporting hanger 31 at its free end.

When it is desired to weigh the contents of the wagon box, thetransverse lever '16 is arranged beneath the latter with its angularpivot pin beneath the inner ends of the longitudinal levers 7 and withthe hook 20 engaged with one side of the box. The hooks 29 of thesupport 28 are then engaged with the other side of the box and byraising the free end of the beam 6, the hook 24 may be engaged with theeye 23 of the yoke or clip 22. When this is done, the parts will be inthe position shown in Fig. 2 and ready for use. After the weighing hasbeen done, the removable parts of the attachment are disconnected andthe box 2 is lowered upon the bolsters 4 so that the invention does notinterfere with the ordinary use of the wagon.

The removable parts of the device may be conveniently carried in theWagon and as above noted may be quickly and easily applied and removed.It will be seen that the parts of the invention are of simple, strongand durable construction and that they may be produced at acomparatively small cost.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

1. The combination with a support and a weighing body or receptacle, ofbody supporting levers permanently ful crumed upon said support, anintermediate lever detachably connected to said body and adapted toco-act with said levers and weighing mechanism detachably connected tosaid body and connected to said intermediate lever.

2. The combination with a support and a weighing body or receptaclemounted for vertical movement above said support, of body supportinglevers arranged beneath said body and lulcrumedv upon said support, anintermediate lever to enact with the first mentioned levers, a fulcrumsupport carried by one end of said intermediate lever and removablyengaged with said body, a scale beam support removably mounted upon saidbody, a scale beam upon the last mentioned support and a detachableconnection be tween said scale beam and the other end of saidintermediate lever.

23. The combination with the running gear and the body of a wagon or thelike, of body supporting levers fulcrumed upon said running gear, afulcrum support having a hook to take over the upper edge of one side ofsaid body, a tranverse lever mounted in said fulcrum support and adaptedto coact with the first mentioned levers, and a weighing mechanismmounted upon the other side of said body and detachably connected tosaid transverse lever.

4. The combination with the running gear and the body of the wagon orthe like, of longitudinally extending levers arranged beneath the bodyand fulcrumed at their outer ends upon the running gear, supportingconnections between said levers and said body, a transverse lever forsupporting the inner ends of said longitudinal lovers, :1 fulcrumsupport for said transverse lever, said support for the transverse leverbeing removably mounted upon said body, a scale beam support removablymounted upon said body, a scale beam upon the last mentioned support anda detachable connection between said scale beam and said transverselever.

5. The combination with the running gear and the body of a wagon or thelike, of body supporting levers fulcrumed upon said running gear, afulcrum support having a hook to take over the upper edge of one side01". said body, a transverse lever lnounted in said fulcrum support andadapted to co-act with the first mentioned levers, a scale beam supporthaving a hook to take over the upper edge of the other side 01' saidbody, a scale beam upon the last mentioned support and a connectionbetween said scale beam and said transverse lever.

(5. The combination with the running gear and the body of a wagon or thelike, 01' a pair of long tudinally extend ing levers or substantiallyU'shape having the ends of their arms lulcrnmed upon said running gear,pivotal supporting-connections between said body and said levers, atransverse lever having a pivot for engaging and supporting the innerends of said longitudinal levers, a fulcrum support [or the transverselever carried by said body, said support being detachably mounted uponsaid body, a scale beam support detachably mounted upon said body andcarrying a scale beam and a detachable connection between said beam andsaid transverse lever.

T. The combination with the running gear and the body of a wagon or thelike, ot' a pair of longitudinal levers of substantially U-shape havingthe bend ends of their arms fulcrumed upon said running gear, cross barscarried by said body, pivotal connections between said cross bars 1ndsaid levers, a transverse lever having a pivot for engaging andsupporting the inner ends 01 said longitudinal levers. a fulcrum supportfor the transverse lever carried by said body, a scale beam supportcarried by said body, a scale beam upon the last mentioned support and adetachable connection between said scale beam and said transverse lever.

The combination with the running gear and the body of a wagon or thelike, 01. the bearings 11 upon the running gear, the substantiallyU-shaped levers 7 having their ends bent to form the pivots 10 to engagesaid bearings, the pivots 12 upon said lovers, the cross bars 14 carricd by said body, the hangers 13) upon said cross bars and engaged withsaid pivots-1L2, a transverse lever having its fulcrum carried by saidbody and a weighing apparatus carried by said body and engaged with saidtransverse lever.

f). The combination with the running gear and body of a wagon or thelike, of body supporting levers i'ulcrumed upon said running gears, atransverse lever 16 having the pivots 17 at one end and the pivots 15intermediate its ends, the hanger 1!) having a hook at its upper end toengage one side of said body and a hearing at its lower end to receivethe pivots 17, the hanger .8 having a hook at its upper end to engagethe other side of said body, a scale beam i'ulcrumed upon said hanger,the yoke .22 upon said transverse lever and formed with an eye and allexible element attached to said scale beam and carrying a hook toengage said eye, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we hereunto atlix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

JESS l". lllNClx'.

, JAMES L. LAIISIGN.

Witnesses W, I). lnnseo'm, Ax'roN TiionsnN.

